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KKKl'INti HWBKT l'OTATOKH Article LVI of (lew?on College K* UMUtiun Work. ciemson College, C., Nov. 18. } I>urlU| tlie pait three yearn ex periment* looking to tho bowl meth od of keeping sweet potatoes Imvo been carried on at the Jdxperlmeut Station here. A careful study has been made of the rote of potatoos, and the condition* uuddr which rote thrive. We flud that the majority of the trouble In keepiug sweet po tatoes com cm from t^e presence of disease on the potatoes when they are brought into the bank from the field. Th<* black rot, and the stem rot, both of which are very common throughout the state, are primarily fle'd diseases. Tbey attack the un derground portion* of the plant Whllo in the field and cause black and scabby looking area* on the surface ol the tubers. When these potatoes are dug and stored in the banks or house* these diseases all spread through the entire lot and cause the potatoes to rot. The mos Important thing; then, in connection with storing potatoes is to see that you have absolutely healthy pota toes to begin with. Where the crop Is planted from vines the potatoes are usually found to be very free from the disease. For this reason It Is well! to bank the potatoes that are grown from vines separately from those grown from slips. This Is especially advisable where you are nOt'sure that the potatoes that are grown from sMps are free from disease. (potatoes which are free from dis ease usually keep well when bank ed in the ordinary way. Care must be exercised to keep the potatoes from becoming chilled at any time; the temperature In a bank should not be allowed to go below 60 de grees at any time during the win ter,. We find where potatoes are 4>nce thoroughly chilled, it Is al most Impossible to keep them. The storage rots, such as the soft and the dry rot both of which frequent ly occur in stored potatoes, make rapid headway on potatoes when they are once chilled. Any temper ature/ below 60 degrees will chill the potatoes sufficiently to enable these rota to get a start. Potatoes should never be banked pr two years In succession In tho same bank. Tho fungi which cause the diseases In the field and the onoH which cause the rots in stor age, vtifl llvo over ia tht*4> old banks and will attack the now po tato#* aa buujji a ? they are stored. 'Me same soil and the name srtaw should) not be used' for two year* la *ucce**lon for covering the banks for thla Mume reason. Where po? 1 tato houses are used they should be thoroughly cleaned out and iho walls and floors sponged or spray ed with a 3 per cent solution of formaline or * a 1 per cent solution of blue stone ? before the potatoes are brought In. Where these pre cautions have been followed we have experienced -very little diffi culty lu keeping sweet potatoes. TAX KXKOUTIONM. Under and by virtue of fcundry tax executions to me directed, I will proceed to sell before the Court House door In the city of Camden, on the first Monday In December, 1911, during the legal hours of sale, the following described prop erty, to-wlt: 100 acres In Buffalo Township ? bounded on tho north by lands of U. N. Nicholson, east by W. T. Pitta, south by Kurman Dansy, and ?west by K. T. Kstredge. Levied upon and to be sold as the prop erty oil Sarah Huggins for taxes for 1908, 1909 and 1910. 49 acres lul school district Ne. 11, "Hounded on the north by lands of Charlie Hay and others, east by Marlon Spury, South by llachael Eastler, West by estate of Peter Hudson. levied upon as tho prop erty of tho ostate of Samuel Crlm, and to bo . sold for taxes for 1910. One tract bounded on tho woet, north and east by lands of Bowen 1 Jacobs, RJ, J. Moody and others, south by Hogans Branch and pub lic road from Camden to Columbia. Levied upon as tho property of J. A'. Moody aud to be sold for taxeB for 1907 and 1908. One lot In city of Camden, for merly village of Kfrkwood, front ing on Klirkwood common, of a uniform width of 100 foot, bound ed on tho north by road separating said lot from promlBos of James Chesnut and otliors, oaht by Manl gault, south by Klrkwood Commons, and west by lot of Workman. Lev lod upon and to be sold'' as tho pro perty of It. C. L. Gault, Torms of sale Cash. J. S. TRANTHAM, Sheriff Kershaw County, Nov. 16, 1911. 1 11 ",i wwi mm,\ "ii hi <nppMo; TliK JOY llUNTKIt. In Miuijr IU*|mh'U lOquuU The Joy I Hhlwr. I<oj1?v1IIo Courier-Journal. Clowly related to tho Joy rider, bj tie# of bloodshed, Is thy Joy hunter who lit tho pout of the woods and fields every nutumu. Gonerul ly speaking he kill* very little game, but now and again while he 1m acat terlug ammunition about he bag* ; bin unoffending followman, and very frequently ho kill* a fjoaflgitj ani mal upon uumulMMly'u turui and *llp* hway, like tbe Joy rider who leaves bin victim writhing in the road and speeds uway at a rate of sixty miles Ail hour In' the direction of new adventures. Ileal hunters are fairly safo from real hunters, but nobody 1h uafo from the fool with the gun, for no gun U fool prof. The- latest report of a tragedy iu the woods la that two Minnesota huntors were fired t*pon while skinning a moose, and one killed. /'Other huntors ovldent ly mistook them for game," accord ing to the report of the resident correspondent. Just wliat sort of game do two men skinning a moose resemble? Only a hunter unused to guns and game could mistake them for wild animals. Only an excitable Individ ual walking through the woods With a gun and ready to shoot without Investigation could mlstako'the half skinned moose for game* Hut just that type of hunter Is ubiquitous in the autumn woods. That is why, especially In thickly- settled sections, wher'e game laws have protected deor, it is Just about as rlBky for a hunter to range thef woods as for a deer. Perhaps there ratfy como a time when both hunters and chauffeurs will bo required to produce a corti cate of mental balance and expe rience before boing licensed. But the question as to tho h,unter Is whoro and how* he will get his ex perience without winging someone or being; winged from time to time a<? ho acquires discretion^ coolness ,of head and ability to distinguish between a four-legged animal with horns and a biped In a hunting Suit.. v! For Halo. Scholarship to Draughon's Practi cal Business College for sale choap at this office. A fine opportunity to secure a business education' at a small price. "What You Find Beneath the Surface" "Outside Appearance May Be Deceptive "The Milburn Way" The prime essential of a good wagon is Tim ber, and the prime essential of good wagon timber is Correct Seasoning. The Milburn Wagon bears evidence on the suface of skillful workmanship and good material, culminating in a beautifully finished wagon, HOWEVER, you should have MORE conclusive EVIDENCE than this, you should KNOW of the painstaking selection of the MATERIAL of its scientific SEASONING and AGING, its careful TREATMENT before it goes to fulfill its proper place in a finished wagon. " ~ * ? It is SERVICE that COUNTS. SERVICE to the WAGON USER has proven the wisdom of the "MILBURN WAY" of SEASONING wagon timber. Let us show you what you find "Beneath thfe k . Surface" . ' RHAME BROTHERS CAMDEN, - S. C. V .v * y v? ?, ?V . ... . iy" *?"*'.' ?'* ? "*"*T 7T*V" t. '.- ?*** * . : x . ? * ,*'w *-*{v Z w "' :r'"v " ^ ? -r ??'? >v.*';x - W10US. Ai.efcprfe&vsw jcpHunc MODOC JACK. Today Modoc Jack la half forgotten. A generation ago his adyeptur?B wore MVtry where told. R#c ? hytyte* wero named for him. Small boys aecretly longed to go west aud capture Ho was held, up true desperado. Yet, as a mattor of fact, he* wiiK more of a man and left 'of scoundrel than ho has been painted. The Modocs wore an offshoot of tho Klamath nation In California. They llvfd on a 66-milo-atrlp of volcanlo land known as "the lava bedf." Thin ground wr? honeycombed with cave* and lunnols, affording fine hiding) places In case of pursuit . The word "Modoc" In tho Klamath . dialect means "enemy." ? And the Modocs lived up to their name. They foughft i heir relatives, the Klamath*, for yen i a; then turned their attention In 1860 to muklng life u peril for OaWor- < nlfl'S white settlors, Den Wright, a frontiersman, hit on a plan to email j them. Fretendlng to make peace, he Invited 46 of tho foremost Modocs to u great f<jnst In 1852. ' ' Ban Wright's Massacre, As tho Indian guests lay asleep after tho banquet Wright apd his com rades fell upon them with rifle and kiilfe, slaughtering all but live of the 46. This cold blooded massacre eowedi the rest of 'the trlbo for the moment, but It ended forever all hope of friend* ship between the Modocs am\^ the 'whlto men. The relatives of the but chered Indians vowed vengeance and bided their tlmo. A iwarthy giant known to the cettlers an Modoc Jack, or Captain Jack, gathered about him a band of 400 Modocs. His lieutenant was a youth named Schonchln, ono of the five survivors of the Ben Wright massacre. Schonchln was for ever trying to stir up strife against tho white men. But Jack sternly for-^ bade any outbreak. He believed In peace and refused to put on tho war bonnet. Yet ho always went heavily armed. For, though he desired peace with tho RottlorB, he trusted ttiem no moro than did tho other Modocs. Bo twech tho task of ruling his peoplo and difficulty of curbing Sclionchln's plote for warfare Jack had a hard tinie In keeping to the peaceful course he had chosen. All tho local tribes wo?<f summoned by Indian Commissioner Meacliam In 1SGG to Fort Klamath for a confer ence. At this meeting the Modocs agreed to lcnv? their lava beds and settle on tho Klamath reservation. Jack and Schonchln were not at tho conference and they refused to bo bound by the promise. They stayed on, with their own followers, at tho lava beds. But when the government threatened to uso force to remove them Jack said "Obedience is better than war," and made his trlbe?300,. men, women and children In all ? go with him to the reservation, ' Thero now trouble set In. The Klamath and other Indians that were already on the reservation at once made life mis erable for the newcomers. To avoid war and to atop the persecution of his tribe-folk Jack gathered his people to gether, fiedby night from the reserva tion and went back to the lava beds. But they found their old lunds had been given to wrlto men. The Mo docs were homeless, friendless and beset by enemies. ^ A company of*soldlers was sent to evict Jack and his followers from tho lava beds. While tho leaders were conferring a fight broke -out between a few of the soldiers and the Indians. The conflict beeamo general. Flvo wero killed on each side and many wero wounded. Tho Modocs fled southward, destroying every White settlement In their path. But though white men and boys were everywhere slain Jfcck would allow no white wom an or child to be harmed. At last, with 70 braves and many squaws and pappooscB, ho sought refuge In tho lava caves of Lost river. :: Colonel Wheaton, with 600 United States troops, came out to dislodge him. Jack and his braves sent the soldiers scurrying back In hasty retreat, kill ing 35 of them. A Blow for Vengeance. Then nn army under General Canby was brought up and besieged .the caves, hoping to starvo out the hand ful of plucky defenders. Jack even yet hoped to mako peace. All along ho had hated the idea of war. but hostilities had always been forced upon hlih. So ho agreed to a confer ence with Canby, Meachanii Dr. Thom as and other white leaders. It was ar> ringed that five Indians and five white men should meet, unarmed, on April 11, 1873, at a neutral spot be tween the lines. Whether Jack sub? pqcted treachory or whether he mere ly wished to avenge the Ben Wright massacre cannot be known. At any rate, ho and four of hlft men went to the conference armed. They fired on the white mefi, ' killing Canby and Thomas and wounding Mekcham. Then they got back In safety to their caves. As the soldiers pressed la on him Jack lftd his people . thrduelTa ' tunnel under the enemy's very foot, cnit of the trap and to a placp of ?af*ty.??:^ V- *'* But the new hiding place was quick* | ly discovered. The Modocs wire | surrounded and were at last hungor H>\V.\H AM> 'i l>n;s. Over * Kip# ?tt<l Tough ill# nU-ufc Mnko* u l>runii?Hf*w M fit W'vury jn>?l H" Vwirwuf I'yr 9(m> Olil Homo. From ( lie ttmo the prgi^al &tp loft iii* filth iTu lipuao until lUtH day young fellow* are still pursu ing tho sums COUim U is human uttturo la tho son# of 01 tilt i.o vvanj der awuy from their old hom* Book" lng t>u?y job*, but many of them uro to gel I > ; i < ? It ami . :n. 11 ilio mlMXd tiXilU Xiw vuvk VVU "**U 4 hkil lets at tho kltchup door. Of cout^o, u few prosper* and make their mark. Whon Jacob went out frohi l)o?r slieba to dwoli with bin uucle La ban <u Podanaram lie eodn found out that a cow boys life sleeping on tho grass la the fields at ntjjfoi Was no soft job. Ho was a sbfowd1 trader an 4 prospered, rotumlng to hly ohl homo in tho courgo of time - - t|?e autocrat of bin native hills. Some thirty odd years ago I eaw in my dreamt* and visions, fortunes for a drummer boy on tho road. i inttdo tho mistake and bid ftrdWell to the plow handles and loft ^.my old tfrunping grounds ? a full fledg ed knight of tho grip. And if any one beliovcs it is a soft job Ifr! Iilm try It. Night' aftor night I havo battled with tho chlncHes and mosquitoes. Day after day I have tackled tough beefBtoaks and eggs of an ancient ordor. Years af'i< ?r years my daily wants -havo orowdud close upon the heols of my dally earnings,,, and I havo come to the conclusion that I have arrived at tho turning point whore tho fingoi* board points to the old homo. " Looking 'a't "*Tlio^nBurpasse.3"nKi,I cultural exhibits at the recent jdo'unty fair at Camden mado mo ? ' 1,1 ' "T* fiomo Hick. Thoy wore pilent ox l > < ? 1 1 ? , 1 1 , : in<<nwtiut|Utf t? -the world what was in the bowel* of the* earth in Kershaw county, and all we bad to do wan (o roll */V our blcyvos and go down after It. No doubt boy a wg are Iti a fine .. country ami a man who Rut* not reu* det*ed threadbare his home conipa uy better tuke old Jack Coktlng hutu's advice: "Stay In your nntivo iwud;, Cling to your vktnaU and. grcci.ii}." ??r i see gfout changes uAi Jipprove men f a n the county ? -pjretty homes, cfuTrcluvH "u m U ac tiTooT IHjuSes; flno" 'farms conducted on niodorg, moth ods. Iain told that most of the fa mi h uro run on' a casb banlH, and that Uio little one horge lmpedi* mente and chronic crcdlt buyers Hyciro a thing i>T the .pflAt* This <?>; not ulioK'Jibci- good ncwa to nio an it in very likely I wju' have to join tbl# dftts when L geUback. k ? ? Henry h, Fletcher. ? - ? ?" I.I,JJTI* i Fui'liicr botitw CJottOU, Mr. 11. Jacobs, of J acobB,' between Camden and -Coiumbljt, ipat aixtcen bale* ni' co'Uon in tbo. need In a fire which destroyed a dwelling on his placo last Thursday ' night. Mr. Jacobs, ?who In ono of the larg laudboldore in Kl.chland,* and hag t, or ve d uh jpaglstratu and post master at > Jacobs for many years, had ?Ce**<l, 2f?,600 pounds cotton jin tbo seed .in. the dwollliig house, 200 yard 9 from his ' own ' residence. The Iioubo was not-occupied, and It is suKpeeted' that the firo wjis of liufeUdlai-y origin. Mr./ Jacobs has offered a reward of $100 for a clue leading to the apprehension of the pa.riItK responsible ior, the lira* Star -Iliiins and lJrcitkfMt Strips arc hold ut tbo City Grocery. Atlantic Dast ?me The Standard Railroad of "the South Ramifies the "Nation's ? Garden Spotv Through the States ofv Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Alabama and Florida. 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